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sell the 14,530-dwt cargo vesseLFred

G for scrapping in Alang, India. The proposed purchaser is Nicksons Ex- ports Pvt. Ltd., of India. The vessel was built in 1960 in Pascagoula,

Miss.

Permission Granted

Navieras Given MarAd OK

On Carolina Request:

MarAd has granted a request filed by Navieras NPR, Inc. for tempo- rary written consent under section 506 of the Merchant Marine Act, 1936, as amended, to operate the

Lancer-class vessel Carolina tem- porarily in the domestic trade for one voyage. The vessel was built with the aid of construction-differ- ential subsidy. In approving the re- quest, the agency noted that NPR's competitors — Sea-Land Service,

Inc; Marine Transportation Services

Sea Barge Group, Inc.; Allen Freight

Trailer Barge, Inc.; and Trailer

Marine Transport Corp. — did not object to the application.

Reciprocal Slot Exchange

OK'd:

MarAd has approved a request filed by American President Lines (APL) to participate in a reciprocal slot exchange and coordinated sail- ing agreement between APL, Ori- ent Overseas Container Lines Inc. (OOCL), and Mitsui O.S.K. Lines,

Ltd. (MOL). APL is currently a party to a reciprocal slot exchange and coordinated sailing agreement, as well as a master slot charter agreement, both between APL and

OOCL.

APL has been operating under those agreements in the trans-Pa- cific trade since 1991. The new agree- ments replace similar agreements between APL and OOCL, adding )ne new partner — MOL — and ncreasing the number of line haul itrings from five to six. The geo- ;raphic scope of the requested /aiver includes all U.S. Pacific coast orts and Asia, from Japan as far est as Singapore and Malaysia.

Notice of the application, assigned icket S-918, was published in the ideral Register on February 23, >95. Comments were filed by the afarers International Union of >rth America, Pacific District, on half of the memberships of the trine Firemen's Union, Sailors' ion of the Pacific, and Seafarers ernational Union AGLIWD (SIU- ). No comments were received n any U.S.-flag ship operating tpany. rAd OKs Lykes' Space irter Request: [arAd has approved a request by Lykes Bros. Steamship Lines es) to participate under section of the Merchant Marine Act, , as amended, in a reciprocal ) charter, sailing, and coopera- vorking agreement with Ever- i Marine Corp., in the U.S. n commerce. Section 804 pre- 3 subsidized U.S.-flag opera- r their affiliates from operat- reign-flag vessels which com- 1995 pete with essential U.S.-flag ship- ping services unless the Secretary of Transportation waives the provi- sion of this section for a specific period of time. According to Lykes, the agreement covers the trade be- tween the U.S. Gulf, East and West coasts and North Europe. Lykes also noted that the agreement is intended to permit Lykes to achieve better utilization of the vessels committed to North Atlantic services by estab- lishing a course of slot chartering business with Evergreen. Through the use of slots on Evergreen's ves- sels, Lykes will be able to offer ship- pers broader, more responsive ser- vice without any additional capital outlay. Notice of the application, assigned docket S-919, was pub- lished in the Federal Register on

March 27,1995, with a closing date for comments of April 10. No com- ments were received.

Marmac Receives Approval To

Sell Barge:

Marmac Corp., New Orleans, has received approval to sell the 1,920- gt barge Marmac 2 to Strait Cross

Joint Venture, a venture composed of Strait Crossing Inc.; GTMI (Canada) Inc.; Northern Construc- tion Company Limited; and Ballast

Nedam Canada Limited. The barge was built in 1977 and will be trans- ferred to Canadian registry. MarAd's

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